Agreed - the murder in this episode was so unnecessary for the story.

Anyone think this episode was a lot like the Red-Headed League? A tunnel, Holmes whacking stone blocks to find it, dirty knees being a clue, banks and large amounts of foreign money being the target, the seemingly silly and pointless nature of the crime (box).

Okay, I've been on the fence about Clyde watch. I love Clyde, but I'm in this show for Holmes and Watson. But the reviewer's stalwart defense of T-Swift has converted me. I shall, from henceforth, no longer consider the Clyde watch portions of reviews things to be skipped, but things to cherish.

Good point about Kitty, but I think there's a difference between attempting to help the healing of an adult in a fatherly way and the nurturing of a child. Even with the paternal parts of the Sherlock and Kitty relationship, there was more mutuality than would be in a child's life for over 13 years.

I am very curious about how long the traits stay around - clearly some of them don't, since the point of The Exterminator was that the sociopathy wears off, and it seems like the sexual/passion urges have faded as well from last episode. If I had to guess, the "good drawing of cars" is more a convenience than a…

That's hilarious. :)

Liked that they developed the roommate - still have difficulty with figuring out how close they're supposed to be - the line "You're my freaking heart" was quite poignant, but (to some extent understandably, given Liv's six months as a slug) so far, their relationship isn't very close on the show.

Actually, they do. Elementary has explicitly adapted elements from the Sherlock Holmes stories that are still under copyright - The Illustrious Client, Kitty Winter, Thor Bridge - so they are still required to work things out with them. If they stuck to the early stories and elements from them, like Irene Adler,…

I've thought that Sherlock's dress changes are showing the progression away from the drug lifestyle - he was clean shaven at the beginning of this season, as well, which fit the attempt he was making at being a conscious mentor figure to Kitty. Now that she's gone, and he's having to face more destruction in his own…

*whistle*

Well, it's more likely that he has seen that paramour again than that he was reviewing the case since he didn't know about the case and the client was dead, while it was quite likely the paramour contacted Sherlock again, being not dead.

He did a huge chunk of the Star Wars abridged audio books on tape in the 90s. :)

A solid episode, and one that at least has threads forward and backward - a great improvement from last season, where threads kept getting dropped. I'm sad for Andrew, but a bit confused about why Joan wants to move back into the brownstone. Also, the Bell/Sherlock exchange makes me want another Bell-focused…

That was weird.

(Side note about Emma: The whole point of the book is that she pretty much ignores him unless she agrees with him, which is very rare. The wife-grooming analysis doesn't really hold together unless you ignore large swathes of the text.)

An excellent list, though I would have pumped for Little Dorrit over Bleak House, but what are you gonna do. :)

Also, the Watson confrontation was a great adaptation of the original story, where Holmes confronts Gruner with no real cards to evaluate his reaction.

I agree that Kitty and Sherlock's relationship was great - but I disagree that Joan didn't need Sherlock. She's not as traumatized as Kitty was, but the death of her patient left her adrift, clinging to the raft of sober companionship, but never really relishing her life.

A beautifully structured, beautifully played episode. Sherlock and Kitty's scenes were magnetic, and Joan was fantastic confronting Gruner.

Where is that? In the magazine only, or online?